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Re: "Ben Hur"

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In Reply to: Re: "Ben Hur" posted by Jeff Starrs on August 23, 2005 at 02:05:34:

The scene purportedly remained in the film.
The other nominee for dead stunt man was the charioteer who fell and tried to roll out of the track. There was a chariot out of place and his neck was broken. Or so the story goes.
The rumour was so rife in the day it has become an "urban legend". I have never heard anyone who should really know confirm it, but then I did not go nuts chasing it down.

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Re: "Ben Hur" - rico 06:44:55 08/23/05 (0)
In the DVD commentary Heston flatly states that no one was killed during the filming of the chariot race. He also declares as untrue that a red Faerrari is visible in one shot and that he was wearing a wrist watch.

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